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A criminal investigation has begun into the death of a patient at Stafford Hospital, raising the prospect of charges over the scandal that has shaken the NHS.

Individual staff members as well as Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust will be investigated for potential breaches of health and safety law — which can lead to large fines or jail terms — over the death of Gillian Astbury in 2007. Mrs Astbury, a diabetic, died after nurses failed to give her insulin, which an inquest found amounted to a gross failure to provide basic care.